Jeanne Marie Laskas- To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair

 20th April 2020 - Lockdown Week 3

Seemed appropriate after reading The JFK Letters that I would move on to this but what a completely different book this one is. These are letters written to President Obama and some of his replies.

The book also goes in to some of the letters in greater depth with the author visiting the writers of them and delivering some real feels. 

Things I learned from reading the book

1. Obama’s handwriting  is appalling...lol
2. Trump’s team spent less than half an hour with the lady in charge of the mail and said they would send someone again to get more details - they didn’t 
3. Obama insisted every letter sent to the White House was scanned and digitally archived

Definitely a book that once you get into it you will need a box of tissues handy. Not just for the letters from the public, which are positive and negative by the way, but for the heartfelt responses. Brilliantly told.